A384567 Consecutive states of the linear congruential pseudo-random number generator for the Atari ST when started at 1.

1, 3141592622, 1588972055, 1279602700, 1481914909, 3913565466, 2610266515, 1903286488, 936717817, 3104230086, 4091513039, 469042788, 2999973781, 54420274, 4053162955, 3383133360, 3380310769, 456637022, 465319559, 936566716, 2283027469, 2613197898, 63902979

Offset

1,2

Comments

Periodic with period 2^32.

References

Megamax Inc., Laser C: C Language Development System, Atari ST, 1988 (see p. 514).

Links

Sean A. Irvine, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

B. D. Ripley, Thoughts on pseudorandom number generators, J of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 31, 1 (1990), 153-163.

Index entries for sequences related to pseudo-random numbers.

Formula

a(n) = (3141592621 * a(n-1) + 1) mod 2^32.

Mathematica

NestList[Mod[3141592621*# + 1, 2^32] &, 1, 50] (* Paolo Xausa, Jun 05 2025 *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A096550-A096561 (other pseudo-random number generators).

Sequence in context: A257893 A015397 A384569 * A384570 A291600 A092380

Adjacent sequences: A384564 A384565 A384566 * A384568 A384569 A384570

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

Sean A. Irvine, Jun 03 2025

Status

approved